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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Interesting and ground-breaking sci-fi tale told in a Victorian England setting which creates a unique and captivating read. However, I feel that the dry and stale language of the 1800s isn’t able to convey the severity of the story as Wells intended. I wasn’t able to feel the emotions necessary to be felt in a story of this scale and horror. As well as some strange narrative choices which detracted from the impact of the book
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I was going to rate it 4 stars, but then the Epilogue upped it to 5 for me. It was good all around, and I enjoyed it. I loved the introspection of the narrator throughout the whole thing, but the overwhelming sense of strangeness and surrealness that permeates that last scene really was the icing on the tasty science-fiction cake. How fun that after all that heat-ray, violent show, it's bacteria and disease that obliterate the Martian invaders. Through it all, the narrator had such a level head. It almost felt like disassociation the whole way through. And I totally loved that, honestly.
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
This was actually a reread for me, and it's strange to think how little of an impression on me the book made the first time around.
As a work of literature it represents so much, a clear and intelligent allegory for colonialism, many of the aspects of the beginning of the science fiction genre and a cast of nameless characters who present so vividly how people respond to shock and fear.
Having not thought much of it originally, the audiobook version with David Tennant as the reader was excellent, he paints a clear and engaging story that I found difficult to put down (well, pause).
The ending remains disappointing on a second reading, but I don't think it detracts from the book as a whole, and the defeat of giants by the smallest possible force is still a powerful statement.
As a work of literature it represents so much, a clear and intelligent allegory for colonialism, many of the aspects of the beginning of the science fiction genre and a cast of nameless characters who present so vividly how people respond to shock and fear.
Having not thought much of it originally, the audiobook version with David Tennant as the reader was excellent, he paints a clear and engaging story that I found difficult to put down (well, pause).
The ending remains disappointing on a second reading, but I don't think it detracts from the book as a whole, and the defeat of giants by the smallest possible force is still a powerful statement.